Pair of Candlesticks
primaryDesigned by
Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl
(Passau, Bavaria, 1855 - 1932, Boston)
manufacturer
Walter I. Cowlishaw
(active England, 1910 - 1937, Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Date1914
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
MediumPewter
Dimensions10 x 30.5 cm (3 15/16 x 12 in.)
ClassificationsLighting Devices
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberM19e23.1-2
eMuseum ID728428
EmbARK ObjectID17420
TMS Source ID5693
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesGilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 154. (as copied from a pair of candlesticks designed by Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl for the Tavern Club of Boston, 1909)
MarksNotesInscribed (rim): W.I. Cowlishaw Boston [manufacturer's mark, Walter I. Cowlishaw, Cambridge, MA]
Inscribed (base): W I C in three leaf clover [manufacturer's mark, Walter I. Cowlishaw, Cambridge, MA]
Inscribed (base): W I C in three leaf clover [manufacturer's mark, Walter I. Cowlishaw, Cambridge, MA]
ProvenanceNotesGift from the artist Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl (1855-1932) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 15 May 1914.
